Iain Dale
@IainDale
@LBC 7-10pm Mon-Thu, @WherePolitics Meets History pod, @IainDaleAllTalk pod, Columnist, Non Exec @LendingStdBrd. Book Agent: Curtis Brown TV: Arlington Talent
My shows at the @edfringe, 2-5 Aug with @RachelReevesMP @jessphillips @Jacqui_Smith1 @Tessadunlop @joannaccherry @Jeremy_Hunt @MichaelLCrick @TannadiceLad Michael Heseltine, Sir John Curtice, Lord Dannatt & Lord Darroch. Buy tickets pleasance.co.uk/search?query=i……

On my @LBC show... 7pm How big is the UK black economy and what can be done about it? 7.35pm Modi on state visit to sign trade deal 8pm Green Party leadership debate with @ZackPolanski & @AdrianRamsay 9.30pm Green Debate reaction

New edition of the IAIN DALE ALL TALK podcast 324. Pam Ayres An archive episode featuring a rather lovely conversation I had with @PamAyres in 2011. Enjoy. Listen podcasts.apple.com/bh/podcast/324…
New episode of the PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTERS, MONARCHS & DICTATORS podcast 212. Hugo Chavez - Venezuela (1999-2013) I talk to @rorycarroll72 about the life and rule of one of the most notorious modern dictators. Listen podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pre…
On my @LBC show... 7pm Angela Rayner says Labour "gets it" on immigration. But can they or the Tories ever be trusted again? 8pm Cross Question with Anne McElvoy, Jack Elsom, Baroness Arlene Foster & Natasha Irons 9pm Why are so many pubs and restaurants closing?

Tomorrow morning I have the honour of accepting an honorary doctorate from the University Kent, in Canterbury cathedral. I'm spending this morning writing a 5 minute speech, which is much more difficult than writing a 20 minute one!
New episode of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast 39. Bridge over polluted water @TessaDunlop and I go hell for leather on the state of our water industry, the pension age, Betty Boothroyd and whether people talk about WW2 too much. Listen podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/39-…
No, not watching Coldplay, but a little post podcast intimacy with the lovely @tessadunlop. New episode drops tomorrow morning!

@IainDale To one football fan to another! Is there any chance you could highlight the perilous state @MorecambeFC find themselves in through an owner who is reluctant to sell. @lisanandy mentioned it in parliament regarding the football governance bill. We need help fast. Thanks
On my @LBC show tonight... 7pm What should the pension age be? 8pm Cross Question with Alex Davies-Jones MP, Mark Garnier MP, Hilary Wainwright, Ali Miraj 9pm J D Vance is coming to the Cotswolds on a family vacation. Protesters say they will ruin his holiday.

Leading political commentators @IainDale and @steverichards14 discuss two of the most influential British Prime Ministers at @HenleyLitFest Buy tickets🎫shorturl.at/YlxWQ
Thoroughly enjoyed my signed copy of @IainDale ‘s short Thatcher bio, whilst on a sunbed in Kalkan. A fantastic introduction to the most important and brilliant politician of our age. Highly recommend it! 👍🙌👌💯
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My shows at the @edfringe, 2-5 Aug with @RachelReevesMP @jessphillips @Jacqui_Smith1 @Tessadunlop @joannaccherry @Jeremy_Hunt @MichaelLCrick @TannadiceLad Michael Heseltine, Sir John Curtice, Lord Dannatt & Lord Darroch. Buy tickets pleasance.co.uk/search?query=i……
Sitting in for @MattFrei on @LBC this morning... 10am Afgan Leak: How would you have handled it? 1035 Ofwat to be abolished 1050 Labour peers veto Hugh's law 11am Danny Dyer thinks we need more working class people in politics. Do you? 1130 Russian spies sanctioned

I'll be sitting in for @MattFrei on @LBC on Saturday mornings for the next two weeks. Join me at 10am!

In which @tessadunlop and I discuss the history of swearing. What could possibly go wrong? And believe me it did podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/whe…